Howard Partridge, Regional Manager for Innovate UK in the East of England, said: “The event is all about how we can help fuel business innovation, not just through grants, but how we can help connect people to the solutions they need to solve their innovation problems.”

Abiola Okubanjo, CEO and founder of Action on Blood, a firm which collects blood samples from voluntary donors in Africa for use by UK medicines manufacturers and researchers, said: “I was really excited to learn about the different opportunities for life sciences companies and to understand how we can integrate digital technology into our business.”